News from St. Catherine University

Annual Center for Women Awards Celebration

April 25

Members of the ACTC community are invited to cele-

brate with us at the annual Abigail Quigley McCarthy

Center for Women Awards Celebration Thursday, April

25, 2012, 4:00-6:30 p.m. in Coeur de Catherine, Rauen-

horst Hall, St. Catherine University. We will recognize

the accomplishments of St. Kate’s undergraduate and

graduate students, faculty/staff, and alumnae who re-

ceive leadership, research, creative work, and women’s

studies writing awards. Refreshments will be served.

Contact the Center for Women with any questions at

(651)690-6783 or aqmcenterforwomen@stkate.edu.

Women’s Work:

The Role of Women in Sustainability

Environmental journalist and educator Simran Sethi

discussed the role of women in sustainable business and

development at the O’Shaughnessy March 13. Exploring

ways in which gender informs leadership, Sethi illumi-

nated examples of women at the forefront of business

models supporting financial, social and natural capital.

She also offered ideas for how these efforts can inspire

all of us to forge stronger communities and robust

economies.

ACTC Women’s Studies Program

Newsletter

The Spring 2013 ACTC Women’s Studies

Student Conference took place on Friday,

March 8 - International Women’s Day - in

the Anderson Student Center

at the University of St. Tho-

mas. Twenty-four students

from Augsburg College,

Hamline University, St. Cath-

erine University, and the Uni-

versity of St. Thomas met at

the St. Thomas Anderson

Student Center to share their

academic work on a variety

of interdisciplinary topics.

These students were sup-

ported by even more students,

family members, and faculty

who attended the conference.

Interdisciplinary panels included ―Electoral

Politics, Sexual Politics, and Coalition-

Building‖; ―Taking Feminism to the Stage‖;

Intersectionality and Identity‖; ―Gender in

Art and Literature‖; ―The Prison Industrial

Complex‖; ―Domination in Relationships,

Institutions, and Occupations‖; ―Women’s

Studies and/in the Community‖; and

―Activism and Performance.‖

Following the scholarship

presentations, ACTC

Women’s Studies Program

alumnae were invited to

dinner to talk with current

students about how their

Women’s Studies major or

minor has impacted their

career choices. All en-

joyed the interest-

ing conference keynote

lecture, ―Only Through

the Body: Reproductive

Justice and the Materialist

Turn,‖ given by Dr. Sarah

Combellick-Bidney, assistant professor of

Political Science and Women’s Studies, from

Augsburg College.

Congratulations to all our students and

their great work!

ACTC Women’s Studies Undergraduate Student Conference

Editor: Katie Jernigan, Hamline CLA ‘16 Spring 2013

Reconciling Bicultural Values: A

Study on Hmong-American Women,

Identity, and Education Graduating senior Mysee Chang, a

Women’s Studies major and Sociology

minor, presented the results of her senior

honors project, which included in-depth

interviews with Hmong-American

women who have earned baccalaureate

and advanced degrees.

Bag Lunch Discussion Series

Throughout the academic year, the

Abigail Quigley McCarthy Center for

Women hosts the Women’s Studies

(WOST) and Critical Studies of Race

and Ethnicity (CRST) bag lunch discus-

sion series. The series brings together

faculty, students, staff, and community

members to discuss current research and

creative endeavors. Bag lunch discus-

sions are held from 12-1:30 p.m., in the

Abigail Quigley McCarthy Center for

Women, Coeur de Catherine 230, St.

Paul campus.

Other St. Kate’s News

SCU Women’s Studies Program Di-

rector Sharon Doherty and Professor

Deep Shikha of Economics, Women’s

Studies, and Critical Studies of Race and

Ethnicity traveled to India in January to

continue a research project on women’s

leadership in rural villages in the Mewat

region. Shikha and Doherty interviewed

women and men who are serving as sar-

panches (an elected role comparable to

mayor in this country), and worked with

staff of an Indian nongovernmental or-

ganization, the Institute for Rural Re-

search and Development.

SCU Women’s Studies alumna Elissa

Johnson has been accepted into the Re-

search Track for the Master of Science

in Food Systems at the University of

Vermont. In addition to her academic

work in women’s studies and critical

studies of race and ethnicity, Elissa pre-

pared for this new interdisciplinary pro-

gram through her years of experience in

food co-ops and the local food move-

ment. She will begin her program in fall

2013. Congratulations, Elissa!

The Desire to be Whole:

Meditation on Dance, Pedagogy, and

Social Justice

Hui Wilcox, Associate Professor of

Sociology, Women's Studies and Critical

Studies of Race and Ethnicity, delivered

the annual Sister Ann Joachim Moore

Lecture at St. Catherine on January 29.

Entitled The Desire to be Whole: Medi-

tation on Dance, Pedagogy, and Social

Justice, the lecture focused on Professor

Wilcox’s integration of her teaching and

scholarship with her work as a dance

artist.

St. Catherine University News Continued

Minnesota Roller Girls

Dr. Liz Wilkinson (English and

Women’s Studies) organized a really

exciting event this spring, which the

UST Women’s Studies program was

happy to co-sponsor. On February 13,

seven of the Minnesota RollerGirls

spoke about their experiences as female

athletes and derby athletes – and talked

about roller derby as an act of third-

wave feminism. Their presentation was

interesting, engaging, and informative.

The Minnesota RollerGirls are part of

the Women’s Flat Track Derby Associa-

tion (WFTDA), a national governing

body for female-only, skater-owned, flat

-track roller derby leagues. The Minne-

sota RollerGirls league was founded by

the Donnelly sisters in August 2004 and

has grown from 6 original members to a

current roster of 80 skaters, as well as

referees, coaches, and countless volun-

teers. The Minnesota RollerGirls are

made up of four ―home teams‖ com-

prised of up to twenty active skaters

each. These are the Atomic Bombshells,

Dagger Dolls, Garda Belts, and Rockits.

Luann Dummer Center for Women

Grant Recipient and Women’s Studies

Reception The Luann Dummer Center for

Women is hosting a reception for their

2012-2013 grant recipients, along with

graduating Women’s Studies majors and

minors. Come celebrate the accomplish-

ments of our students on Friday, May 3

from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. in the Center.

News from the University of St. Thomas

Gloria Steinem Visits Augsburg The 2013 Anne Pederson's Women's

Resource Center Koryne Horbal Lecture

featured feminist activist and writer Glo-

ria Steinem. On April 4, Steinem pre-

sented the lecture "The Essential Quality

Called Free-

dom" to a

full house at

the Hover-

sten Chapel.

Among her

many con-

tributions to

feminism,

Steinem has

worked

alongside

Jane Fonda

and Robin

Morgan to

co-found the Women's Media Center,

which works to amply the voices of

women in the media. She also helped to

found the Women's Action Alliance, the

National Women's Political Causus,

Voters for Choice, and Choice USA, and

was the founding president of the Ms.

Foundation for Women. Recently, her

life and work was the subject of the

2013 HBO documentary "Gloria: In Her

Own Words" and was one of the women

highlighted in the recent PBS documen-

tary "Makers: Women Who Make

America." At age 79, Steinem remains

an activist for social justice living by the

quote: "Without leaps of imagination, or

dreaming, we lose the excitement of

possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a

form of planning.

2013 Augsburg Courageous Woman

Awards On April 4, preceding the Anne Peder-

son's Women's Resource Center Koryne

Horbal Lecture, the Friends of the Anne

Pederson Women's Resource Center

awarded two Courageous Woman

Awards. The recipients this year were

Augsburg student Kristina Monje, who

was recognized for her work in the

StepUp program, and her work as presi-

dent of the Mindfulness for Students

campus organization, as well as her

work as associate editor of Murphy

Square, and her work as a community

advisor for Residence Life; and Bo Thao

-Urabe, co-founder of Viv Ncaug — an

organization she co-founded that ad-

dresses the issues of human trafficking,

sexual explotation, and prostitution —

who was recognized for this work as

well as her long history of working with

Hmong-Lao refugees and Hmong

Americans in the Cedar-Riverside com-

munity.

News from Augsburg College

Declaration of Sentiments Zine

In 1848 the Declaration of Sentiments,

modeled after the Declaration of Inde-

pendence, was signed at the Seneca Falls

Convention by 68 women and 32 men.

So why make a Zine for a document

from 1848? Well, it might surprise you

that some of the issues stated in the Dec-

laration of Sentiments are still being

fought by feminists today. Issues such as

the word ―woman‖ being absent from

the Declaration of Independence and

women making less money than men for

doing the same job are still problematic

roadblocks to women achieving equality

in America. Furthermore, even though

women and men are technically equal

under the law, women are still held to

different social standards than men. The

WRC created this Zine to serve as a re-

minder that many issues spelled out in

the Declaration of Sentiments are still

prevalent and worth fighting for today.

Volunteers at the WRC created their

own collages and illustrations to deco-

rate the pages of the Zine. See it here:

http://issuu.com/hamlinewrc/

docs/32pagefinalzine/1

FemRock a Huge Hit

To celebrate the end of Women’s His-

tory Month, the WRC hosted a concert

and fundraiser featuring female artists.

Many students who desperately needed a

break from studying for their midterm

exams came to the concert because they

heard it while they were working, and

college students rarely turn down an

opportunity for good music accompa-

nied by free pizza. The bands featured

were Brilliant Beast (Hamline student

and alum band), Strange Relations (up-

and-coming local band), and Mayda

(popular local female artist). The core

concept of FemRock was pay tribute to

female artists in a male dominated music

scene. Although female singers are quite

visible on the world’s stages, few female

instrumentalists are employed on a regu-

lar basis and even fewer women com-

posers have their music commissioned

for concerts, movies or films. It's impor-

tant to take the work of female musi-

cians seriously and to celebrate it be-

cause women are often discouraged from

getting involved in music, especially

when they want to create music rather

than singing or dancing. Many female

musicians in history have been forgotten

because they were not taken seriously

solely on the basis of gender.

https://www.facebook.com/

events/102918373233394/

News from Hamline University

Augsburg College

WST 201 Foundations in Women’s Studies HYBRID T, 6:00-9:30 WST 250 Global Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality T/TR 12:00-1:40

WST 485 Senior Seminar T, 6:00-9:30 AIS 320 American Indian Women T 6:00-9:30

SOC 265 Race, Class, and Gender T/TR, 12:00-1:40

SOC 231 Family Systems MWF 11:10-12:20

Hamline University BIOL 1150 Biology of Women MWF 10:20-11:20

LAB M 12:50-2:50 ENG 3570 Women’s Writing of the First World War MWF 10:20-11:20

LGST 3540 Family and Gender Issues in Law W 6:00-9:00

REL 3430 Feminist/Womanist Theologies M 6:30-9:30 SOC 1330 Women, Men, and Society MWF 10:20-11:20

SOC 5330 Sex and Sexuality: An American Perspective MWF 1:50-2:50 WSTD 1010 Foundations of Women’s Studies T/TR 2:30-4:00

WSTD 1500 Topics: Women and Popular Culture W 12:40-3:40

WSTD 3500 Topics: Engendering Justice W 6:00-9:00

St. Catherine University ARTH 1150 Ways of Seeing TR 1:30-3:10

BIOL 1120 Biology of Women MWF 12:15-1:20 LAB M 1:35-3:25 or F 1:35-3:25

COMM 1000 Introduction to Communication: Women and Social Change W 6:00-9:30

COMM 3070 Gender and Rhetoric M 6:00-9:30 COMM 3600 Leadership and the Art of Persuasion MWF 9:35-10:40

ECON 1120 Economics of Social Issues TR 8:00-9:40 ENGL 2450 Language in Society TR 9:55-11:35

ENGL 2290 Women and Literature: Fictional Female Detectives MWF 12:15-1:20

HIST 3560 Women in America to 1920 TR 1:30-3:10 HIST 3560 Women in Asia TR 9:55-11:35

INDI 2910 The Anatomy of Violence T 6:00-9:15 POSC 2994 Women and Globalization W 6:00-9:30

PSYC 3050 Psychology of Gender TR 9:55-11:35

SOCI 2150 Challenging Oppressions, Civic Engagement and Change M 6:00-9:30 SOCI 3210 Family, Identity, and Inequality TR 9:55-11:35

SOCI 3510 Sociology of Race and Ethnicity MW 2:55-4:35 WOST 2050 Foundations in Women’s Studies TR 3:25-5:00

WOST 3640 Feminist Theory TR 6-9:30

University of St. Thomas

BIOL 106 Women, Medicine and Biology TR 9:55-11:35 LAB T 1:30-3:30 or T 3:45-5:45

COJO 328 Communication of Race Class Gender W 6:00-9:00 ENGL 337 Native Literatures of Minnesota MWF 10:55-12:00

ENGL 341 Female Independence/Friendship TR 1:30-3:10

HIST 368 Women in the U.S. MWF 1:35-2:40 POLS 302 Women and Politics MWF 10:55-12:00

SOCI 353 Global Perspectives on Gender MW 1:35-3:10 THEO 429 Women & Christian Tradition MWF 1:35-2:40

THEO 431 Women in the Early Church TR 3:25-5:00

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